An African Millionaire - Tapa blanda

Twelve superb, entertaining tales of a confidence man par excellence. Appealing "gentleman crook" devotes himself to repeatedly swindling wealthy diamond magnate. Clever, extremely readable tales about the "first important rogue in short crime fiction." First edition in over 80 years. Illustrated. Introduction.

Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (1848 - 99) was a novelist and science writer. Hewas a socialist agnostic who supported the theory of evolution. He was born in Canada, studied in France, and taught in Jamaica. His best - selling novel The Woman Who Did promoted a skeptical view of marriage and scandalized Victorian readers. Allen also made important early contributions to the emerging genre of science fiction and wrote innovative detective novels.